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| MSP renews assisted suicide bid | MSP renews assisted suicide bid |
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| The results of a consultation on Independent MSP Margo MacDonald's attempt to legalise assisted suicide are to be revealed. | |
| More than 400 people and organisations have responded to the consultation on her "End of Life Choices Bill". | More than 400 people and organisations have responded to the consultation on her "End of Life Choices Bill". |
| At least 12 MSPs are supporting her bill but she needs 18 before it can be considered by a Holyrood committee. | At least 12 MSPs are supporting her bill but she needs 18 before it can be considered by a Holyrood committee. |
| The Lothian MSP, who has Parkinson's disease, said she wanted to be able to choose a dignified death. | The Lothian MSP, who has Parkinson's disease, said she wanted to be able to choose a dignified death. |
| Mrs MacDonald, 65, said people should have the right to choose the time and place of their death. | Mrs MacDonald, 65, said people should have the right to choose the time and place of their death. |
| Her proposals would incorporate the patient's right to choose to end his or her life, with assistance from a physician, into the principles of palliative care. | Her proposals would incorporate the patient's right to choose to end his or her life, with assistance from a physician, into the principles of palliative care. |
| The MSP said a doctor helping a patient to die could be "the last caring act of physician who is caring for a patient". | The MSP said a doctor helping a patient to die could be "the last caring act of physician who is caring for a patient". |
| Under her proposals people would need to be registered with a doctor for "a considerable period of time" before they could request help to die. | Under her proposals people would need to be registered with a doctor for "a considerable period of time" before they could request help to die. |
| They would also have to make two requests for such help, at least 15 days apart. | They would also have to make two requests for such help, at least 15 days apart. |
| Meanwhile, Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray has called on the Scottish Government to boost the number of specialist nurses who deal with Parkinson's sufferers. | |
| He claimed there were only around 25 such nurses, while about 10,000 people had the illness. |